With the annual “Curl for Cancer” fundraiser only 10 days away, organizers are looking for more teams to sign up and start getting pledges. “Things are going really well,” co-organizer Nadine Johnson said. “Right now, we have 19 teams. I’m still looking for more. I’d like to get 24 if […]
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Like any good curling match should, the final of the 25th-annual Ontario Scott Tournament of Hearts came down to the last rock here Saturday night. And Krista Scharf delivered to perfection—making a nose hit for two to lead her Fort William Curling Club rink to an exciting 7-6 win over […]
Don Anness spends nearly every morning at the Emo Speedway, but he doesn’t race stock cars. Rather, he’s into harness racing—and they practise even in the winter. “We hardly miss any time at all, unless it’s really cold,” Anness noted last Friday afternoon after a good training session that morning. […]
While Northwestern Ontario is experiencing a shortage of workers in the skilled trades, there are plenty of programs out there to help employers take on apprentices and invest in the region’s future. This was theme of the “Passport to Prosperity” employer apprenticeship forum held yesterday morning at La Place Rendez-Vous, […]
EMPEY–Born to Allan and Linda, nee Van Vliet, of Devlin, Ont., a girl, Monica Jane, weighing 8 lbs. 8 oz. on February 4, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
TUESDAY–Born to Candace Gibbins and Clifton Tuesday, of Morson, Ont., a boy, Vincent Chase, weighing 7 lbs. 7 oz. on February 1, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
VOS–Born to Daniel and Lisa, nee Koning of Emo, Ont, a boy, Justin David, weighing 8 lbs. 11 oz. on January 31, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
ALLAN–Born to Bobbi Smith and Damien Allan, of Emo, Ont., a boy, Royce Nicholas Tyrell, weighing 8 lbs. 15 oz. on January 28, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
Apparently I’m not a true sports fan because I don’t like football. That’s right—I’m dropping the “I hate football” bomb. Frankly, I would rather chew on broken glass than watch a football game. In fact, I went to see “Brokeback Mountain” on “Super Sunday” instead of watching the “big game.” […]
There are times when I am in such a good mood, I almost feel guilty. I’d like to say my recreation time with Pete is responsible for that, but even the superpower persuasions can’t take credit for my good mood all the time. Health sciences would suggest it’s the endorphins […]
“Tamarack ’er down!” That old bushwhacker’s battle cry echoes out of the past with the first cold weather. Because that’s what we knew best every January, when our cutters left town following their Christmas break spent visiting our several old hotels. They were heading back up the railroad east to […]
Last Saturday, my daughter and I went to a feng shui workshop at our local arboretum. Feng shui is an ancient Chinese system that studies people’s relationships to the environments in which they live. The class taught us to apply the ancient eastern principles to western life, helping us arrange […]
